Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-28
THE CATTLE RANCH.
Rss.sveRt's Kxperienee =
Raising Beef.


IL tss avurnes Esw YsfkaE ne H0n-
ThaodnEs RoossEsft h ane q lhe NOS
fnfrgngeina and ptskufesqus e lbe clli-
ssns q cd<hnms ssy1a Neu Iokk is.seF
- &al4sstun papes. Bsrn . New
Yosksr ~ o. N1W TorksEss an1 nines
diriinenishad e. bald an1 ind1pe1d-
sni IeeissasoE, End - ne e1oiss Of bic
parsy feg Mayor A. ona e Ne m1ae enm-
Gen poiiiIs1l innstnres y Cur hiseofy,
he b slmus1 equally - vel knswn . 90
anfhoE and e. 3 Kanc11an q ne IAx
West. Il % In the iat1sr rslalion tnas
be 4 most intexestina, fer cattle naisin1
On ne claims Il de oacupatlon naosf
gEroaqig oonfEasted With uastFoRolilaa
Iifs, perhaps. that could Be- c0neeiyed.
We are used 20 ee1ekAglg Of olnefr
emf degree IN AL sorts Of odd dlseotfonA
Oar n0sables are RFeaf oeean esnls op-
eEatoEs Who never sau eaoie 80, rall-
road kings Who know noihlDe Of tne AZ
Of praetical FaiirosdinR, mining aud q.
miiiionaires Who never have sen 81
their own properties. Bal NJ. hooae-
veit ID none Of these. he y pfaosioas
and aetRal ranehman. Who personally
superiniends bis own Eaneh. and has
done sha work Of every departments
/ IN bis business. Last year. Tor n
stance. be spent seven months - nls
loa cabin on hisRanoh Ia flannel sairts
sI0nnk hah and big boots, with trousers
taekod inside. Scarcely once donning .
white SHIRT In all that time.
Such fast can only Be explained e
be explatps Il. u loEe The far West,
be eays, and e0joy the lie on ny rancn
abeve an thinRs. Were e mos for tne
ties that bind me 20 she East should
settle thsre and grow up with the epun
try. Il = not an educated taste or . re-
cent one. From boyhood my incalna-
/ ton has been the same
During the conversation In Shicn ne
said this / asked him the question
what opportunities dos cattle raising
afford 70 young menf" die reply was
the outcome Of perfect aeq7aintance
With the subiect.
"fbe day Tor making great fortunes
ous Of cattle raisinQ has passed. ne
said. 1T vas 9 baFbaEic vocation
/ needing beIbsTie eeDdations. y re-
/ QuiFed 9 perfectly limitiess AREA OF an
occupied end virgin veQetation, amonf
other things and this is no longer 20 q
had. .Ths Northwest is practically
fully oecupisd 81 Fanehes nov. theri
b eodd cattle country on the reeerva.
tions Of the Crews. GFos Feutres and
Piegan Indians. but it will not be avasl.
abs until she Government throws SOC
reservations OPEN There are lev
phases 10 British America Whare oattil
raising can be carried on, but most Of
the northern countFy is not suitable FOL
the business a. II IL nov pursued on the
plains. The severe winters that oeeul
every two OF three yeaFs would destroy
majority Of the cattle. The land nos
utilized In this business In Dakota 81
Rastera Montana 10 q treelees, grass
covered. scantily watered, rolling OF
broken country. Il IL Governmeni
land. The Tanchmen do NOS own 10.
do not own one acFe Of Il. Bat u 10 no
coveted By settlers. They will 90 y
Oregon and Washington or Northern
Idaho, and back 10 Minnesota or Wis
cousin, before they viii settle the cattl'
i country because Of ita undesiEabiiity
On Il they would suffer three years on
of four from RFasshoppeEs, drontns, o.
excessively severe winters Bat on
Onee perfect cattle country has chanRet
greatly since stock raising vas begun OF
ID. when FIRST saw it. she thick mat
ted grass vas e. high e my ankles. ana
sometimes up 10 my knees, While now !
Il gFaEsd down, and In some places .
aa IL Il had been shaved with Q razor
The best days Of TIE business are over
"Three-quaEiers Of the Eastern MAJ
Who have gone into the business within
the last few years have lost money, AMI
IN the last three years very much NOR
money has been ioss than made ct u
even By Western men. The winter o
. last year was unoommonly severe, AM
the mortality among the cattle vas Yer.
great on that gnoount, and because %
land had been eaten OF by oveFstoek
ing.
"Bus for your question. Many, !
not most, Of the city.br young me-
Who 20 TO the far West fall. Few q
veil, and those that know Who nav
, done we'll ere the hardy. muscular youn
fellows. good ell F0nnd. The country
filed with those who have failed. The.
are nov working 80 second-rAse Gov
. boys on small pay. because they canno
do the work as veil IS the nFss-Fat
! once; they are ffth- rate lawyers Il
tenth rate towns; they are driving mule
+; or they are assisting the pfoprietora o
country stores. As yet the far West
, q very good riace for men whe are 90
NuHlalUEu ~ ntM414A A111ha nv kNAaN
verinR, thrifty and can stand an,
, amount Of hard work and disappoint
, ment. There 10 no greater mistake 70
a Young man who IL a clerk or q penni
, less swell than 20 think that ali tina
is needed for success 6ut Yves
10 The fact Of having failed Il
. The East. The men from the Eas
who snoceed the best there are thl
Ikf..k..sfka unnnn raar
bgouRha up In the country. To succeed
they ind that both moral and physiea
qualities Of peculiar kind are needed
But u they have them they viii &c
along much faster and further thar
their fellow farmers and mechanics II
the East. On stock ranch the work Il
very monotOnous, very hard, aud mel
J must possess a material aptitude for end
inc their way out Of the wilderness ant
for riding rough horses. Is takes Reol
J physical development, q laborioas ap
premiership, eon6dence, pluck an(
good nature. The Eastern workinamaI
asks fog q working day OF eight hours
hat have worked for six weeks af |
time when II I got Of with less than six
teen hours Of york IN day oonsideFet
myself rather lucky. On the roand-uI
eli hands are al 10 from before dawn tiI
night.
"No man ought 10 put money int
stock raising until be has worked al 4
With his hands for year or two. Who
ever Wishes 10 succeed ought 10 20 0ui
prepared 20 DO any kind Of odd jobs q
get q living, and then york his way BY
degrees al be can earn good wages. NJ
Eastern man is worth bis keep the AEst
scar. woaldnt employ one on my
ranch, even II he paid me, that ID, unlesi
be we're q friend. because bis voFh
would be merely harmful. After 3 man
has struggled along as have described
Il will Be time enough for him 10 look
around and begin 10 shift for himself,
He should gst q number Of horses drst
having looked round foF q likely plAce
for 9 Faneh. For the nrst year % iva
be ought NOS 10 have any capital, and
after that, When be starts for himself,
the more be has the oettss. II is diff.
cult % name any sum upon which be
snould beQins 20 verymuch deponds NJ
on the man. hAVs knovn . couple Of
eowboya 20 start In and % well on
el0oo saved from their wages. bat |
have never known Estern men 70 do
co.
II have spoken discOaragtnRiy in de-
oIArine TIE ayailAbls land already neaE-
" AL ocoapled, bot The chances fer